Integrating Gale Databases into the
Classroom.
Gale eResources Overview
Julie Pepera
Gale Customer Education Specialist
What are Databases?
Everything you see here…
Academic
Journals
Magazines
Websites
Newspapers
Videos
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Reference
Books
Tools at the Search Results Set
Important Tools to Point Out: Search Results Level
Use the content tabs
to look at different
types of document.
Click on
the title to
read the
full text
article.
The citation
information tells you
what book the
article comes from.
Look at the
document
type to see
what kind of
article it is.
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Tools in the Resources
Important Tools to Point Out: Article Level
Read full
text
article
online.
Email the
article to
read later.
Have the
article read
to you!
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Print the
article
here!
Download
the audio
version to
your Ipod
The Bookmark Tool!
A Bookmark is a stable link that will take you back to the
page you created the link on. The link in the
Address bar is NOT stable and will not work again.
In PowerSearch, the Bookmark link is
under the Star. Anywhere there is a
Star you can link to that spot in
the eResources.
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In In Context Resources, the
Bookmark link is under the Bookmark
Icon, which will also create a stable
link.
1. Article Level
WHY THIS IS HELPFUL:
• If you want students to read
an article at home.
• You don’t want to print out the
article and waste paper.
• Your library will receive usage
statistics for every article view
helping justify funding.
• You want students to be able
to use the Listening and
Translate tools.
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Steps to get an Article…
1. Conduct a search to locate an article you want your students
to read.
2. In the tools box, click on the “Star” or “Bookmark” Icons.
3. Highlight, right click, and copy the link in the pop up box.
4. Paste that link onto your course website or email it directly to
students.
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2. Publication Page
WHY THIS IS HELPFUL:
• If you are already using a
magazine in one of your
classes you can allow your
students access to them at
home too.
• You want to use certain
Periodical titles for a class, and
you want back issues available
to them read.
EX. Link to The Economist in
Economics class.
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Steps to get a Periodical…
1. To share a Publication page, you must first
determine if the Periodical is available.
2. Go to the Powersearch 2.0 Basic Search page.
3. Select the Browse Publications button at the top
of the page.
4. Type the title of the magazine or newspaper in
the Find Box on the left side of the page.
5. Select the title out of the results list.
6. You will see the About this Publication Page,
where students can browse specific issues, or
search within just that magazine.
7. Use the star to create a link, then
copy and paste the link into your class website.
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Subscribe to Professional Journals!
Don’t Forget!
You can have the Journal,
Magazine or Newspaper of
your choice delivered to
your email on this page
using the RSS Feed button.
All thanks to your library’s
eResources!
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3. The Search Results Set
WHY THIS IS HELPFUL:
• You want to limit to articles
with a specific Reading Level
for a certain Grade.
• You want the students to use
the resources for an
assignment but don’t want to
have to repeat the steps to
have students access the
content.
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Steps to get to a Search Results set…
1. Conduct a Basic or Advanced Search
in PowerSearch 2.0 for your topic.
2. (Limit the reading level in Advanced
Search.)
3. On the search results page select the
“Star” or Bookmark Icon.
4. Highlight and copy the link.
5. Paste that link into your class website.
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4. The Marked Items List
WHY THIS IS HELPFUL:
•You want students to read
several papers for a class and
you want to save space on
your class website by putting
just one link to the
eResources.
• You want the students to pick
anarticle from a list of articles
youhave preselected to for
them to read and respond to.
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Steps to get to a Marked Items List…
1. On an article page, select the Mark box at the
top of the page.
2. On a Search results set, click on the check box
to the left of each of the articles to select an article.
3. Go to the “Marked Items” box in the upper right
corner of the screen.
4. On the Marked Items page, select the “Star”
Icon.
5. Highlight and copy the green link.
6. Paste that link into your class website.
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InContext Resources
Using the InContext
Resources You can
Bookmark 4 Different
Places.
1. A Portal Page
2. An Advanced Search
Result Set
3. An Article
4. A ‘Saved Items’ List
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Recap…
List the FOUR Best Places to
Bookmark in the
PowerSearch Resources.
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List the FOUR Best Places to
Bookmark in the InContext
Resources.
1. ______________
1. ______________
2. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
3. ______________
4. _______________
4. _______________
Passwords!
Students will have
to log in from home
with the Password
_____________.
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Questions?
Contact me at:
Julie.pepera@cengage.com
Thank You!
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